Ten not-so-great things about the 1950s

Trash Dispatch: The BBC has published an article listing, "10 not-so-great things about the 1950s".

I'm not sure "why" this article was published, unless, either; 1. the BBC has run out of material. Or 2. it is the Character of the BBC to Crush Anything they perceive as better than themselves.

The Trash Dispatch subscribes to the latter. As surely there is More than enough to write about in Today's world. Nevertheless they may have gotten tired of tearing down the pillars of today's society (not), and decided they would tear down all previous societies perceived by the today's general populous as having been Better, than what we have today. Or, in other words, to destroy the current populous perception of, "the Good Ol Days."

Interestingly, the article begins by discarding the fact that, those "were" the Good Ol Days, stating;

"We might enjoy cheap flights, e-mail and plasma televisions, but a report by Somerfield says one in four people want to return to the decade of the Suez War and the Coronation.

Bobbies on the beat (80%), district nurses (55%), bus conductors (41%) and rag-and-bone men (20%) were among the features of life those surveyed most wanted to revive or expand.

This has been presented by some dewy-eyed newspapers as evidence that life 50 years ago was better than now. A time of decency and strong community ties, yes, but what aspects of that life were not so appealing?"

It has been the experience of the Trash Dispatch that anytime an entity poses that question, it is not in the interest of "education", but in the interest of "brainwashing" a current populous, or person, into believing that the "life" being offered to, or *imposed upon them Now, isn't so bad.